Hungarian Independence Party

The Hungarian Independence Party was a political party in Hungary in the period after World War II.

History

The party was founded in 1947, shortly before the August parliamentary elections that year. It was generally considered a successor of the banned Hungarian Freedom Party led by Dezső Sulyok, who had been forced into exile that summer. Led by, it won 49 of the 411 seats, becoming the fifth largest party in Parliament. However, in October the National Elections Committee ruled that the party had participated in the election unlawfully, and its seats were annulled.
A new party was established following the end of Communism. In the 1990 parliamentary elections it received less than 0.1% of the vote, and did not run again.